Representation Of Dialect Research Articles

MDVC corpus: empowering Moroccan Darija speech recognition

Automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology has significantly transformed human-machine interactions, but it remains limited in its representation of diverse languages and dialects. Moroccan Darija, the lively Moroccan dialect, has long been underrepresented in the realm of language technology. To address this gap, we present a novel corpus of audio files accompanied by meticulously transcribed Moroccan Darija speech. The corpus comprises 1,000 hours of diverse content, featuring multiple Moroccan accents, extracted from 80 YouTube channels. To standardize the representation of Moroccan Darija in our corpus, we made efforts to establish consistent writing norms and conventions. In addition to the dataset creation, we applied fine-tuning using the Wav2Vec2 model on the Moroccan Darija voice corpus (MDVC) dataset achieving a remarkable word error rate (WER) of 9%. This article discusses the current state of Moroccan Darija research, highlighting the scarcity of resources and the need for robust ASR systems. Our contribution offers a valuable resource for researchers and developers, and by standardizing the Darija language, we strive to improve ASR system for this low resource language.

‘Well, taakin about he da bring inta me yead wat I promised var ta tell ee about’: representations of south-western speech in nineteenth-century dialect writing

This article explores representations of south-western speech in nineteenth-century dialect writing. It draws on a selection of specimens from theSalamanca Corpusin order to determine what they can tell us about the language of south-western speakers at this time. By focusing on periphrasticdoand pronoun exchange, I argue that representations of south-western dialects can be taken as a missing link in the history of these two grammatical features. In fact, the analysis of their distribution and frequency, which this article explores in dialect writing for the first time, shows that they accord with later evidence to an interesting degree. At the same time, the data are placed within the third-wave sociolinguistic models of enregisterment and indexicality so as to show that the conscious representation of these morphosyntactic features reflects contemporary perceptions about their use in south-western dialects while they reveal indexical associations between place, speaker and speech. This article thus seeks to contribute to the history of south-western dialects, while underscoring the validity of dialect writing as a source of Late Modern English speech where the structural and ideological dimensions of dialect intersect.

Dialect Representation in the Elderly Native Speakers’ Mind on the Territory of the Ilmen Lake District

The article focuses on the reception of the dialect by its native speakers, namely representatives of the older generation living on the territory of the Ilmen Lake district. Despite the fact that the introduction and imposition of standard Russian language as the only correct and legitimate version through the education system and public institutions could not completely eradicate the local dialect, it did not contribute to its prestige and positive representation in the minds of native speakers. The examples from the interviews with local residents prove that they evaluate their own dialect in axiological categories in relation to the ideal norm – codified Russian. It appears that the native speakers have contradictory opinions regarding their dialect as a reaction to the situation of unbalanced diglossia. In addition, the article analyzes factors contributing to the displacement of regional dialects on the territory of the Ilmen Lake district. The examples of the representatives’ discourse help to describe current linguistic situation in the Lake district villages, the main characteristic of which is that linguistic competences of the representatives vary.

ДІАЛЕКТНА КАРТИНА СВІТУ: ІНТЕРПРЕТАЦІЯ МІРИ І СТУПЕНЯ

The fragment of the dialectical worldview of Ukrainians (represented in the semantic opposition TOP / BOTTOM) was presented by using the onomasiological approach to the description of derivatives. The lexical and semantic features of one of the semantic subfield – the names of measure and degree, which are included in the semantic field "Abstract categories", were analyzed. Structural-semantic units were investigated on the basis of the nominative field of the concepts – base words верх, гора ("top"); низ, діл, під ("bottom") and their derivatives. The object was systematically presented on the supra-dialectal level, the features of the representation of different dialects of the Ukrainian language were found and the spatial variation was outlined. The thesis offers "superspatial" invariant model, as well as a "timeless" model for the reproducing the typology of semantic and structural changes. Accentuated on the importance of dialect material studying, since it is what helps to restore the fragments of linguistic worldview, not verbalized in the literary language or the ancient writings of a culture. The members of different ethnic groups have been modelling their linguistic worldviews for years and decades based on their way of cognition, representing environmental features, everyday life, traditions by using tools of their mother tongue, that is dialect. Lexical-semantic modelling is important not only for the analysis of the derivational and semantic processes but also for the representation of the cognitive space, the result of which is the modelling of the dialectical worldview. The problem of syncretism of parts of speech on the basis of adverbs and the preposition-noun constructions as (з)верхом, (без)верх, (з)горою, (з)гори has been updated (this is evidence of complexity and incompleteness of the adverbialization process). A lexicon of the different parts of speech was presented systematically, phonetic and grammar dialectal features were fixed, and the models of the structural-semantic attitudes were outlined. Graphic presentation by using schemas and tables – modelling of the synopsis – was used for the systematization and illustrating of the semantic material.

Lībiskā dialekta un vidus dialekta kursisko izlokšņu atspoguļojuma problemātika akadēmiskajā izdevumā „Latviešu tautasdziesmas”: 11. sējuma piemērs

The first volume of the academic edition entitled “Latvian Folksongs” was published in 1979, thus starting the publication of the largest collection of Latvian folksongs. Until now, eleven volumes have been arranged and published. The newest volume consists of wedding songs, and it was published in 2018. The publishing of the twelfth volume is currently in progress. The twelfth volume will continue the previous one, adding wedding customs songs, including naughty folk songs. In the academic edition of Latvian folksongs, the texts in High Latvian dialect are especially separated from Standard Latvian, thus creating their own unique set of texts. However, there are other dialects different from Standard Latvian – Livonian dialect and Curonian variety of Central dialect, which have been represented significantly less frequently. Based on the research of academic publications and questionnaires for the compilers of “Latvian Folksongs”, the research analyses why the situation with the representation of Livonian dialect and Curonian variety of Central dialect is so different from the representation of High Latvian – is it because there are fewer texts in these two dialects that are available or maybe there are more complicated reasons.

Staging language: Place and identity in the enactment, performance and representation of regional dialects

Staging language: Place and identity in the enactment, performance and representation of regional dialects

Reprezentacja dialektu bawarskiego i dialektu Kansai w literaturze współczesnej w kontekście ideologii językowych w Niemczech i Japonii

This paper examines the representations of the Bavarian and Kansai dialects in contemporary German and Japanese literature in the light of the concept of language ideologies. First, I will present general objectives of sociolinguistic analysis of dialect representation in fictional texts. Next, I will discuss the connection between language standardisation process and social attitudes towards dialect on the example of two countries from different cultural circles: Germany and Japan. Finally, using methods derived both from linguistics and literature studies, I will examine dialect representations in selected contemporary novels in order to establish the influence of language ideologies.

Various voices in dialect and the frequency issue in the Chinese translations of Tess of the d’Urbervilles

Dialect, when used with standard language in novels, creates a voice of difference for characters with a specific social or geographical origination. This different voice is often hybrid with various sub-voices in textual representation for nuanced characterization. The sub-voices are created with the use of different dialect features, and variations in frequency of dialect use. While previous studies have focused mainly on qualitative analysis of linguistic features used in dialect translation, only limited attention has been given to the issue of frequency in dialect translation and the hybridity of the dialectal voice. This article focuses on examining how frequency variation in dialect representation has been handled in translation with a case study of three Chinese translations of Tess of the d’Urbervilles. It proposes a quantitative method, the frequency variation measure, designed for comparative studies of dialect variations in frequency in source texts and their translations. The case study shows that the translators have relied on variations in frequency of dialect use for desired effects, and the variation patterns in frequency in the ST are often changed and even reversed in the translations to re-characterize the heroine Tess and change the nature of the tragedy. The proposed method makes it possible to examine the intra-textual variations in dialect representation of literary texts and translations, and shed new light on how a dialectal voice and its various sub-voices are created in a (translated) text.

Erotic Class Masquerade: Sex and Working-Class Dialect in D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover

This article examines the inter-class relationship between Lady Connie Chatterley and gamekeeper Oliver Mellors in D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1928) and the novel’s startling, but tantalizing triangulation of sex, class, and language. By analysing occasions of sexual and linguistic role playing through the lens of Bakhtin’s theory of the carnival, this article demonstrates how class-based hierarchies are (temporarily) upended through eroticized and performative inversions of classed labour and language, a narrative practice I call erotic class masquerade. In examining the novel’s allegedly obscene provocative content, overt discussions of sex, use of profanity, and the representation of working-class dialect, this article reconsiders these features as avant-garde aesthetic innovations. This reading ultimately proposes that the novel’s imagining of class subjectivity extends far beyond economic and hierarchical distinctions and delves deep into the realms of the aesthetic and the sexual. By re-reading this infamous novel with new attention to these narrative practices, I suggest that Lady Chatterley’s Lover be re-evaluated for its simultaneous contributions to avant-garde and working-class studies.

The Yorkshire Dialect Representation in Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre by Emily and Charlotte Brontë

The use of dialect is common in literature. Sometimes writers are making use of the language of speech within the language of writing, the standard language. In this paper the researcher will not consider any dialect linguistically inferior to any other. Therefore, the present humble contribution is an attempt to investigate the motivations underlying the tendency for dialect in fiction. Moreover, it tries to explore the crucial position that this reality holds in a sociolinguistic analysis as well as a literary study. It focuses on Emily Bronte and her sister Charlotte who make use of the ‘Yorkshire’ dialect in Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre. Indeed, the two sisters have been in contact with different dialects and languages. They manage to reproduce the Yorkshire dialect in their writing. Because of this deviation in literary texts, characters are stigmatized by some readers as having the worst speech due to the differential access to ‘educational opportunities.’ Yet, what is the function of this technique? This paper tries to consider the writers’ intentions in using dialect in novels as well as to depict the meaning of the use of such a variety of languages. The impact of dialect in fiction is investigated in this study. The researcher thinks it will pave the way for further exploration for anyone interested in how far to go in using dialect in writing, without losing the readers.

The Yorkshire Dialect Representation in Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre by Emily and Charlotte Brontë

The use of dialect is common in literature. Sometimes writers are making use of the language of speech within the language of writing, the standard language. In this paper the researcher will not consider any dialect linguistically inferior to any other. Therefore, the present humble contribution is an attempt to investigate the motivations underlying the tendency for dialect in fiction. Moreover, it tries to explore the crucial position that this reality holds in a sociolinguistic analysis as well as a literary study. It focuses on Emily Bronte and her sister Charlotte who make use of the ‘Yorkshire’ dialect in Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre. Indeed, the two sisters have been in contact with different dialects and languages. They manage to reproduce the Yorkshire dialect in their writing. Because of this deviation in literary texts, characters are stigmatized by some readers as having the worst speech due to the differential access to ‘educational opportunities.’ Yet, what is the function of this technique? This paper tries to consider the writers’ intentions in using dialect in novels as well as to depict the meaning of the use of such a variety of languages. The impact of dialect in fiction is investigated in this study. The researcher thinks it will pave the way for further exploration for anyone interested in how far to go in using dialect in writing, without losing the readers.

Urszula Clark, Staging language: Place and identity in the enactment, performance and representation of regional dialects. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2019. Pp. 300. Hb. €100.

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Bredero’s Klucht van de molenaar in twee vroege drukken

Abstract This contribution focuses on two editions of G.A. Bredero’s Klucht van de molenaar (Farce of the miller), written in 1613. It illustrates that the first edition of 1618 (by publisher-bookseller Niclaes Verberg) contains different words, half lines and in one case even whole lines that are missing or changed in comparison with the second edition of 1619. This is what Bredero’s regular publisher Cornelis vander Plasse claims himself. Bredero’s play is written in a vernacular-like style resembling the variety spoken in Amsterdam at the time. The analysis of the two editions on the representation of dialect in a written form leads to a number of notable observations. In the 1619 edition all characters have a relatively stronger dialect than in the first edition, except in a few striking scenes. The opening monologue and the moralising end of the play offer dialect variants that are slightly more refined in the 1619 edition of this play.

Heterogeneidad enunciativa mostrada: el tópico civilización/barbarie en la política curricular de la provincia de Buenos Aires

The curricular document “Subjects in Intercultural Dialogue” of the Secondary School of Buenos Aires province expresses the glotopolitical postulates of the curricular reform that began in 2007. Our work consists, on one hand, in reconstructing the polyphonic framework of presuppositions and controversies enacted by the utterance speaker; on the other, locate its position in this heterogeneous space of discursivity. To carry it on, we are framed in the Dialogical Approach of Argumentation and Polyphony (Garcia Negroni, 2009, 2016, 2018, hereinafter EDAP) that are linked with the postulates of dialogism (Bakhtin, 1982), with the Theory of polyphony (Ducrot, 1986) and with the discursive heterogeneity (Authier-Revuz, 1984, 1995). The analysis core was the exploration of enunciative heterogeneities shown about the representations of languages, dialects and varieties in the pedagogical-ministerial discourse. From the work carried out, we could see that the interlacing of social voices builds the point of view reformist, which translates into the need to dismantle the ideas of civilization and barbarism, impregnated in the language representations inside the school curriculum.

Regional dialect perception by British and American listeners

Speakers’ regions of origin, across and within countries, can substantially impact their native language pronunciation patterns. Previous work suggests that listeners are sensitive to these dialect differences within their home country (Clopper & Pisoni, 2004) and have at least broad representations of dialects outside of their home country (Bush, 1967). The current experiment expands on these findings by investigating dialect perception within and across multiple countries for listeners from two countries: United States and United Kingdom. Fifty-one talkers from the Speech Accent Archive (Weinberger, 2013) representing 6 U.S. regional dialects, 5 U.K. dialects, and 6 dialects from other English-speaking countries produced the same two sentences. Participants ranked these speech samples on their proximity to “Standard American English” or “Standard Southern British English” in two ladder tasks. American and British listeners’ ladder rankings for the American baseline were very highly correlated, with a clear split between North American and non-North American dialects. For the British baseline, American listeners again had a split between the North American and non-North American dialects, while the British listeners showed more gradation across the dialects. The results suggest that listener home dialect and dialect familiarity, possibly through media exposure, shape perceptual representation of regional dialects.

WEGMANN, Monika [(]2016) Language in Space: The Cartographic Representation of Dialects

WEGMANN, Monika [(]2016) Language in Space: The Cartographic Representation of Dialects

The Linguistic Atlas of the East of Guilan on the Basis of Morphological Analysis (Lexical - Inflectional)

This article, in line with “The National Project of the Dialectology”, aims to provide a linguistic atlas in the East of Guilan province. Due to the large number of speakers in the southern edge of the Caspian Sea and many differences between dialects and accents, this area has great importance linguistically and providing the linguistic atlas in representation and introduction of dialects in this land can be an important achievement to access the indigenous, cultural, social and historical studies among linguistics and persons who are interested in culture. In order to achieve this principal issue, there has been investigated the morphological differences and similarities (lexical - inflectional) of language varieties in the East of Guilan province with the standard Persian- even more than phonetic and syntactic analysis- and they can have the principal role in providing the linguistic atlas. So in this article, through presenting the morphological evidences (lexical - inflectional) and comparing them with standard Persian, there has been marked a dialect with different accents- the Guilaki dialect from the East of Guilan province and it has been depicted for linguistic atlas. The study was conducted by library and field method and by collecting data from a questionnaire consisting of 100 words and sampling from 20 villages in the East of Guilan province- from Astaneh Ashrafieh to the end of the eastern border of Guilan province (Chaboksar). The data obtained by each village has been considered in the tables related to each word and has been moved on the map of region after comparing with the standard Persian and finally the linguistic atlas has been made. To achieve genuine accents, the speakers of middle-aged who spent much of their life in the area have been helped and villages have been considered with more phonetic differences in accent.

Talking like a servant: What nineteenth century novels can tell us about the social history of the language

AbstractThis article investigates what nineteenth-century novels can tell us about the speech of the lower orders, using the “Dialect in British Fiction 1800–1836” database to focus specifically on how the speech of servants is represented. Recent work on enregisterment has led to a resurgence of interest in literary representations of dialect in relation to specific linguistic features and varieties. I argue that a sustained engagement with literary texts has the potential to illuminate wider cultural constructs of language variation, and that to accomplish this, attention must be paid to issues of genre as well as a range of stylistic features including speech representation, metalanguage and characterisation. The article concludes that, while novels are able to tell us little about how servants really spoke, they are a rich source of information about the attitudes and assumptions that underpinned cultural concepts such as “talking like a servant”.

Developments in literary dialect representation in British fiction 1800–1836

This study draws on findings from the ‘Dialect in British Fiction 1800–1836’ project to describe changes in literary dialect representation in novels published during the second half of the Romantic Period. We identify an overall increase in literary dialect representation, and trace the different trajectories of Scots, Irish English, Welsh English, London English and Regional English varieties. We consider why literary dialect representation increased in the novel during this period, and why some literary dialects proved more popular than others. In conclusion we argue that while the overall picture presented by this project is one of increased speech by characters from the lower classes, this increase should not be interpreted as de facto evidence of greater acceptance of dialect and dialect speakers.

Graikų dialektai senojoje atikinėje komedijoje

The present article deals with the Greek dialects in Old Attic Comedy. Aristophanes is the greatest representative of this genre and the one whose complete plays have been preserved. The works of his contemporary comic poets have survived in fragments. The author of this article analyses some dialectal features of comediographs such as Apollophanes, Crates, Eupolis, Epilycus, Strattis, Aristophanes. The fragments of Old Comedy are difficult to interpret because sometimes excerpts are badly battered, the dramatic context is missing, and we do not know who is speaking the fragmentary lines that have survived. The analysis of dialectal forms shows that Greek comediographs were interested in dialects. The representation of different dialects was customary in Old Attic Comedy. Comic writers used non-Attic dialects to make their personages more realistic or to make a mock of them. Many dialectal forms in comedies contain comicality, irony, parody, intertextuality or are paratragic and might be borrowed from a tragedy, lyric or epos. In the comedies Lysistrata and Acharnians, Aristophanes reproduces Laconian, Megarian, and Boiotian speeches. He had to pick out a convincing number of the most peculiar features present to these dialects to the audience. The phonologic and morphologic features of the dialectal words in comedies generally accord with epigraphic records.